Chelan County proposes sale of road machinery
The Chelan County Board of Commissioners proposes to sell county road machinery including a ten ton road roller four three ton Avery trucks hoisting engine and boiler double drum friction hoist an Aurora steel crusher and a Port Huron dump wagon. A public hearing will be held April 8 1917 at 2:00 PM at the County Commissioners office Wenatchee to consider the sale and hear testimony from interested parties. Dated March 6 1917 T L Ross Clerk of the Board. First pub March 17 last pub April 17
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Chelan County
Washington
Ahelan County
Aurora
Port Huron
County Commissioners’ Office
Court House
Wenatchee
A. D
T. L. Ross
Malemute from Klondike Feeds Coyotes at White Salmon
A large Klondike malemute, once confined at the Portland dog pound, is now at White Salmon where he hunts coyotes and chases rabbits for exercise. After weeks of confinement his confidence returns as new masters arrive from Canyon Road and dog intake continues, bringing bull dogs Airedales and terriers seeking companionship.
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Portland
Ore
Klondike
Canyon Road
Test Seeds and Seasonal Garden Plans
The article discusses testing seeds before planting and storing roots to prevent decay or drying. It suggests starting corn indoors in paper pots for home gardens and transplanting after frost. It warns against overplanting apples and notes aesthetic plantings like lilacs and hydrangeas enhance home grounds.
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Minnesota
Fortune in a Kettle Found by Wisconsin Gardener
John Rugowski a Milwaukee area tenant found seven thousand dollars in gold buried two feet underground in a Manitowoc garden. The treasure likely belonged to the estate of the late John Meyer, though heirs contest claim. Old farm owner Huck is suspected as the wealth’s original concealment.
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Milwaukee
John Rugowski
Manitowoc
Wis
Rugowski
John Meyer
Huck
Pioneer’s $1000 Memorial Erected for John H Stowell
In Redding California eastern relatives plan a $1000 monument on the grave of John H Stowell. After a weeklong search Shasta cemetery was identified by pallbearer Joseph Hocking who recalled the 1901 funeral. Stowell’s grave was marked by a wooden slab bearing his name and death date.
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Redding
Cal
John H. Stowell
Old Town
Shasta
Joseph Hocking
Stowell
Eastern
Tradesmen enlist in army surge through New York stations
New York sees a flood of applications to Army recruiting stations as men with trades respond to a war time push. The War Department order calling for enlistment ages eighteen to thirty five for one year active duty and six years reserve prompts many trades such as clerks stenographers auto mechanics blacksmiths cooks bakers and carpenters to sign up at 614 Eighth Avenue.
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New York
War Department
Reserve
Eighth Avenue
Elephants Put to Work in Snowbound Berlin Traffic
In Berlin the snowbound streets see circus elephants hauling heavy wagons filled with 35,000 pound boilers. The giant pachyderms easily move the loads when eight horses cannot, and even free stranded auto buses with a push from their foreheads.
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Berlin
Feeding brood sows prefarrowing diet and pen setup
The article warns against overfat sows at farrowing and outlines a recommended prefarrowing ration from Pennsylvania State College using corn mid dlings tankage and bran with oilmeal as a substitute. It advises moving sows to a dry roomy farrowing pen a week or ten days before farrowing and feeding light bran the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Soy Beans For Forage In Southern Regions
Soy bean can be grown across humid and semihumid south and southern corn belt. It is a valuable forage crop and shows promise as a cash crop and oilseed source for mills, especially in boll weevil regions.
Mutual Creamery Co Pioneer Development
Mutual Creamery outlines Western reach from farmers to markets nationwide and worldwide. It fixes profits at 8 percent on sales, with surplus returned to producer stockholders. 243 farmers and 66 employees hold stock, 60 percent of capital reserved for producers. Dividends totaled 8 percent in 1916 plus 2 percent of product value. W F Jensen president and E B Ellis manager.
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Mutual Creamery Company
W. F. Jensen
EB W. Ellis
Care of Old Orchards for Better Fruit
The article urges removing drones from old orchards including suckers water sprouts and dead or broken limbs to improve tree health and appearance. It advises cutting piling and burning useless growths and leaving only essential wood to nourish fruit production.
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Iowa Homestead
Summons By Publication in Chelan County Real Estate Quiet Title Action
The Wenatchee Valley and Northern Railway Company sues M L Freeman Marion L Freeman and Eliza H Freeman to quiet title on a 30 foot wide strip along a described center line in Chelan County Washington. The defendants must answer within sixty days after March 28 1917 or a default judgment will be entered. Attorneys Sease and Morrill Spokane and L J Ne Leavenworth Chelan Co Washington filed for plaintiff with first publication in March-April 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Washington
M. L. Freeman
Marion L. Freeman
Eliza Freeman
A. D
Chelan
Towit
Township Twenty Six
Willamette Meridian
Chelan County
Washington
Selg
Willamette
Sease & Morrill, P. O
Peyton
Spokane
Wash
L. J
P.O
Leavenworth
Silage Improves Steer Gains and Reduces Costs
In Iowa feeding tests silage rich rations cut costs for fattening steers. One group with 17 lb corn 29 lb silage 2 lb oilmeal and 1.5 lb alfalfa gained 2.94 lb daily at $9.57 per 100 lb. A second group with 8.5 lb corn 51 lb silage 2 lb oilmeal and 1.5 lb alfalfa gained 3.04 lb daily at $7.67 per 100 lb. Reducing corn and boosting silage raised gains and lowered costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
No Sleepers Found In Chicago Movie House
Chicago police break up a months long practice where down-and-out residents slept in a nickel lodging film house while crime scenes played. Seventeen sleepers were arrested.
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Chicago
Hog Worm Remedy and Bordeaux Stain Removal Tips
A home hog remedy mixes glauber salt common salt charcoal sulphur copperal and sodium bicarbonate to prevent worms in hogs kept in a dry feeder. Healthy hogs resist diseases and stay profitable. Bordeaux mixture stains can be removed by dipping fruit or vegetables in a mild acetic acid solution then rinsing with water.
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F.A. Reynolds
Pioneer
Life Insurance
Henry Weinman
8Th St
Dr. Hoxsey
City Dray Line
Auto For
L. J. Howerton
Seattle
Third Ave
Cherry ST
Cr. Swift & CO
D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D. C
Farmer
Mutual Creamery Co
United States
West
Rutherford Mercantile Co
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Crescent Manufacturing Company
Seattle, WN
Superior Court of the
Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway Company
Iowa Corporation
Eliza H. Freeman
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee Best
Wenatchee, Wash
Great Northern Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Echo Office
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